business, for those countries to step up and open the cheque book to support women s tennis in terms of giving a new homes to play. it is the most popular women s sport. lots of countries are interested in hosting the event but china outbid them. now they can step up outbid them. now they can step up and fill the void that is for tennis as it seeks home for many of its biggest events. i5 many of its biggest events. is there any obvious place in your mind that could step in as an alternative host country? fix, alternative host country? couple of things that come to mind to me, london which actually hosted the men s tour at the 02 arena, there actually hosted the men s tour at the o2 arena, there is properly a lot of interest in london. another player driven level, injapan, naomi osaka, i thinkjapan has been think japan has been overshadowed thinkjapan has been overshadowed in the asian market by china gobbling up all the events. it would be a big
but the failings before the explosion was unforgivable as far as i m concerned. the btp officers on duty that night have since been commended for their heroism after the explosion. the force has also accepted the attack happened on its watch and it let the public down. but what about the private companies responsible for security at the arena? this is the journey that the bomber, salman abedi, took into the foyer, and up these stairs, to a carefully researched hiding place, out of sight for nearly one hour, in a cctv blind spot. two teenage stewards became aware of abedi after a member of the public raised concerns, but they didn t challenge him. both were employed by showsec, who did security for the arena operators, smg. i will never forget
good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. fewer people would have been killed in the manchester arena bombing if there hadn t been a series of security failings. that s the damning conclusion of the inquiry s first report into the attack. the report says salman abedi should have been identified as a threat. it highlights a series of missed opportunities to spot the threat and intervene before he carried out the suicide attack in may 2017 which killed 22 people and injured hundreds more. the operators of the manchester arena, the security firm showsec and british transport police were all blamed for those missed opportunities. 15 minutes before the bomb was detonated, a member of the public had raised concerns about abedi to security at the arena. the report calls for urgent improvements to existing security arrangements at the manchester arena and supports the introduction of a new martyn s law, named after one of the victims of the attack, martyn hett.